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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp | 15 |
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diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp index efb28ccd..b09368ae 100644 --- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp +++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp @@ -95,6 +95,21 @@ LOG_DEFINE_CATEGORY(SimplePipeline) * valid pipeline configurations are found, a Camera is registered for the * SimpleCameraData instance. * + * Pipeline Traversal + * ------------------ + * + * During the breadth-first search, the pipeline is traversed from entity to + * entity, by following media graph links from source to sink, starting at the + * camera sensor. When reaching an entity (on its sink side), all its source + * pads are considered to continue the graph traversal. + * + * The shortest path between the camera sensor and a video node is stored in + * SimpleCameraData::entities_ as a list of SimpleCameraData::Entity structures, + * ordered along the data path from the camera sensor to the video node. The + * Entity structure stores a pointer to the MediaEntity, as well as information + * about how it is connected in that particular path for later usage when + * configuring the pipeline. + * * Pipeline Configuration * ---------------------- * |